Before anyone can join your church they have to visit it. Before anyone can visit your church, they have to know that it exists. Pretty simple. These days there are 5 basic ways people find out that your church exists. The good news is that all 5 ways can be improved and maximized to dramatically …
Think about the last time you were part of a roaring crowd at a concert or the big game. Do you remember the energy in the room? How you cheered and shouted more boldly than you would ever do in “polite company”? Do you remember how you felt this strange connection to everyone around you? …
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Guest post by Tim Tribble Imagine for a moment that you are walking into a church for the first time. As the service nears commencing you notice the band come out, shuffle their lyrics and sheet music on their music stands and pose as a well rehearsed unit. Meanwhile, you notice mid first song …
By John Albiston Have you ever seen churches of the living dead? From a distance they almost look like the living – they move and shuffle about and even occasionally moan and make some noise. But up close you’ll see they have no vision, no passion, no plan, and definitely no new life. Unlike the …
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By John Albiston (How to improve your preaching. Part 1) Why Love? “You must love the people you’re speaking to.” Print that out and tape it to your desk. Nothing, literally nothing, will have a greater impact on the power of your preaching than that. Time after time I’ve listened to pastors who preach like …
By Jennifer Tribble These are a few helpful keys we implemented to create churches unchurched people love to attend. Hope they help you too! The Message Before the Message: All our church environments communicate something. From the parking lot to the stage – everything matters if we want to be great. Culture has the unique …
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By Jennifer Tribble CULTURE. Every church and organization, whether you know it or not, has a culture. It’s the heartbeat of your ministry- everything flows from it. Culture consists of the intangibles of what is experienced through the people, environments, and values that your church has internalized and carried. You may have heard the old …
By John Albiston People choose to volunteer for many reasons. It’s not simply that many people have many reasons, it’s every person has many reasons. Some of those reasons are good and healthy reasons that will build and strengthen the volunteer relationship. Unfortunately some of those reasons will undermine and poison that same relationship. As …
By Tanner Hieta Churches and organizations view strategy and vision as the most important part of what they do. This includes things such as where they want their company to be in 5 years? How many people they want coming to their church by the end of the year? How can they make more money? …
By Jennifer Tribble Language is a huge part of your church culture. If you use insider religious language you communicate to the unchurched in a subtle but very powerful way that they aren’t one of us and they don’t really belong here. If, on the other hand, you’re trying to bring in unchurched visitors you …
